BRENDA ANN

Towing Vessel · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BRENDA ANN is a 1969 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 7 inspections since 2012, most recently in June 2026, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2012 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 29 June 2026.

Built: 1969
Last inspected: 29 June 2026
Documentation: Case Pending · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 7
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Inspection record

Last inspected 29 June 2026

Recorded inspections7

…physical examinations6

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2012–2026)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

523102

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WDP2695

102484

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-102484

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)46.8 ft × 18.0 ft × 6.4 ft

Registered tonnagegross 50 / net 34

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderUNIVERSAL IRON WORKS · HOUMA, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1969

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Direct

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portMORGAN CITY, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationCase Pending · issued 14 April 2026 · expires 30 April 2027

Service, as the file records itTowing Vessel

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it50 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
34 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

Vessel history report

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 1980 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 1

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

WAYNE B SMITH Towing Vessel · MISLE 851471 · 23 July 2012 · activity 4404749

Inspection history · 7

29 June 2026 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8420255

7 July 2025 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8178192

12 April 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7890429

21 May 2013 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4598762

10 May 2013 Marine Casualty Follow Up

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4590052

2 August 2012 Industry Initiated Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4405687

23 July 2012 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Suspension & Revocation National Center of Expertise · Activity 4404749

Deficiency record · 2

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (load lines)

Issued 7 July 2025 Resolved

There is a crack in air compressor framing in aft port bulkhead.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Due 31 July 2025
Resolved 14 July 2025
Resolution: Vessel completed a cut out and did an air test with marine inspectors present to show that it was rectified.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 7 July 2025 Resolved

Port aft air compressor was missing a guard.

Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 11 August 2025
Resolved 14 July 2025
Resolution: Vessel sent over a picture showing that they had a guard.

Ownership record

The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title, with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.